Davut's test of love and loyalty, caught between the girl he loves and his one and only mother. University student Davut became a hafiz (memorizer of the Quran) in accordance with his father's final wish before his death. Davut is now a hafiz attending university. Sezin, on the other hand, is the daughter of a wealthy bureaucratic family. Despite being madly in love with his classmate Sezin, Davut cannot bring himself to confess his feelings to her. Because Sezin leads a life completely separate from his own.

The Japanese Emperor Meiji wants Torajiro Yamada to bring a gift to the Ottoman Emperor Abdülhamid II. It is the symbol of the first diplomatic encounter between the two cultures. Torajiro Yamada's ship finally reaches the Aegean Sea after a long journey, but pirates attack the ship and steal the gift. Janissary Orhan and samurai Yamada start their bloody quest upon finding that on Ottoman soil.